News
MacWorldSF 2010 Free Expo Registration
The annual MacWorld Expo show soldiers on next February, despite the lack of Apple itself (so far, Apple isn’t...
Production
Art shoots a spot on the Canon 5D MkII
Sunday, 19 July 2009: DP Art Adams joins Director Simon Sommerfeld to shoot a spec spot on the Canon...
Uncategorised
RED+FCP: 3-channel Audio NG in STP
Just a quick note: I took a short piece shot on RED and sent the FCP edit into Soundtrack...
Production
New Firmware for the HPX300 series camcorders
The email looked like any other masculine-insecurity spam: “NEW PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING UPDATES”. But it went on to say, “FOR PANASONIC...
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“Droidmaker” available as a free download
Michael Rubin, the author of several Mac and editing books, wrote a Lucasfilm/Pixar-centric history of the development of nonlinear...
Production
SxS Joins P2 in the Dustbin of History?
Here at the Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference, Apple announced a new lineup of MacBook Pros. The 13″ and 15″...
Production
Cine Gear Expo 2009
The “expo” part of Cine Gear Expo took place on Friday and Saturday last week (there were also Master...
Post Production
RED+FCP+Color: Making It All Work
I had previously reported that 2K REDCODE footage (2048×1152), shrunk to 93.75% to fit an HD timeline in FCP,...
Production
Review: Sony RM-1000BP LANC Remote Control
The RM-1000BP controlling an HVR-Z5U. Sony’s US$1200 (street price) RM-1000BP Remote Commander is a LANC remote control. It connects...
Production
Review: Sony VCL-HG0872K wide-angle lens for HVR-Z5U
The wide lens, with its hood and eyebrow, bulks up the front of the HVR-Z5U. The US$1000 VCL-HG0872K is...